Chuck Darwin<p>Tech executives and investors said they were invigorated by Harris</p><p>“It’s democracy time, people,” Roy <a href="https://c.im/tags/Bahat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bahat</span></a>, an investor at Bloomberg Beta, posted on LinkedIn. <br>Aaron <a href="https://c.im/tags/Levie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Levie</span></a>, the chief executive of Box, a cloud storage company, wrote on X that Mr. Biden had shown “amazing leadership,” adding, “Now let’s go!”</p><p>The energy was a far cry from the dismay felt in tech circles recently as some of the industry’s most influential voices declared they were for Mr. Trump. <br>The rejuvenation could blunt the momentum of pro-Trump conservatives in Silicon Valley and entice more wealthy tech executives to throw their support — and money — behind the Democratic ticket.</p><p>Just last week, the political winds in Silicon Valley appeared to be blowing to the right. <br>On Tuesday, Mr. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Andreessen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Andreessen</span></a> 😨and Mr. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Horowitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Horowitz</span></a>😨, founders of the influential investment firm Andreessen Horowitz, argued in a 90-minute podcast that Mr. Trump was the best candidate for start-ups, with plans to donate millions to his campaign. Days earlier, Mr. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> 😨had also endorsed Mr. Trump.<br>They had been preceded by David <a href="https://c.im/tags/Sacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sacks</span></a> 😨and Chamath <a href="https://c.im/tags/Palihapitiya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palihapitiya</span></a>, 😨two tech investors who had hosteda $12 million fund-raiser for Mr. Trump in June. Doug <a href="https://c.im/tags/Leone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leone</span></a> 😨and Shaun <a href="https://c.im/tags/Maguire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maguire</span></a> 😨of Sequoia Capital, a top investment firm, had also said that they would vote for Mr. Trump.</p><p>Yet despite the growing sense of a MAGA takeover, not everyone in tech moved toward Mr. Trump.<br>“You have people with the loudest voices claiming to speak for the broader community, and the views don’t match,” said Katie Jacobs <a href="https://c.im/tags/Stanton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stanton</span></a>, founder of Moxxie Ventures, a venture capital firm. <br>“By no means do they line up with the thousands of founders and employees and investors who live and work in Silicon Valley.”<br>John <a href="https://c.im/tags/Coogan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coogan</span></a>, a start-up founder, wrote in a blog post in June that media coverage of Silicon Valley’s support for Mr. Trump was “at odds with reality.” <br>Top venture capitalists had given four times more money to Democrats than Republicans in the first part of the year, he argued.</p><p>“Trump is very unpopular in Silicon Valley in general,” Mr. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Khosla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Khosla</span></a> said, adding that those who were pro-Trump were “only a small constituency.”<br>Now liberals in tech are rejuvenated. <br>Mr. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mehta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mehta</span></a> said that some of his WhatsApp chats, particularly those that included Indian people in tech, exploded with excitement for Kamala Harris, whose mother is from India. <br>To show support for the vice president, some implored people to make small donations, while others discussed potential fund-raisers, he said.<br>Mr. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Hoffman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hoffman</span></a>, a founder of LinkedIn and a prominent Democratic donor, emphasized in essays, videos and social media posts that Mr. Trump was a danger to the rule of law and democracy. <br>“You can’t use business justification as your cloak, as your rationalization, for being supportive of Trump,” he said.</p><p>Mr. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Levie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Levie</span></a> of Box said he had spoken to a dozen other tech and business people on Sunday who were now optimistic about the election in November. <br>He said he was hopeful that Democrats could deliver a positive message on issues that the tech industry cared about, including A.I., entrepreneurship and immigration reform for high-skilled workers.<br>“We have a chance to get excited and rally around someone,” he said.</p><p>On Sunday, Mr. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Hoffman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hoffman</span></a> endorsed Ms. Harris, while Mr. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Khosla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Khosla</span></a> called for an open process at the Democratic convention.<br>Mr. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Suster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Suster</span></a> said his phone blew up with a collective message of “thank god.” <br>He estimated that three-quarters of the people he interacted with in tech were happy about Mr. Biden’s withdrawal and would not support Mr. Trump.</p>